Self-guided walking tour

Madrid Walking Tour: Grand Madrid – Cibeles, Alcalá and Dalí’s Dolmen (1 hour, 6 stops)

6 stops in walking order through Madrid, from Edificio Metrópolis to Escultura y Dolmen de Dalí: 3.2 km on foot, about 38 min of walking, 1 h in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Grand Madrid: Cibeles, Alcalá and Dalí’s Dolmen”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h
Distance: 3.2 km
Walking: 38 min
Stops: 6

The stops, in walking order

Edificio Metrópolis
An office building at the meeting point of Calle de Alcalá and Gran Vía, designed by Jules and Raymond Février.
6 min walk · 510 m
Fuente de Cibeles
The Fountain of Cybele is a monumental Madrid fountain centred on the goddess Cybele, whose chariot is drawn by lions representing Atalanta and Hippomenes.
2 min walk · 150 m
Palacio de Linares
A palace at Plaza de Cibeles, designed by Adolf Ombrecht in a neobaroque style and now home to Casa de América.
6 min walk · 510 m
Palacio de Cibeles
A richly ornamented complex of buildings beside Plaza de Cibeles, created as a public centre for postal, telegraph and telephone services.
6 min walk · 480 m
Puerta de Alcalá
A monumental gate in Madrid’s Plaza de la Independencia, designed by Francesco Sabatini for Charles III.
18 min walk · 1.6 km
Escultura y Dolmen de Dalí
The Dalí Sculpture and Dolmen pairs a granite structure with a bronze figure of Isaac Newton, expressing Dalí’s ideas about human building and scientific achievement.